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A farmer, therefore, is able to leave their farm to their first born son in their will, in the knowledge that this would not be disturbed by the operation of Scots law.
If you have any questions that you would like to put to the SPPA, Mr Speirs, drop us a note and we will do our best to raise them. I should declare that my son is a junior admin officer in the Scottish Public Pensions Agency.
We have heard the statistics: 1,172 people died in 2023 alone. Each of them was a son, a daughter, a brother or a sister, and each death was a tragedy.